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View synonyms for prow
prow
1[ prou ]
noun
- the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
- the front end of an airship.
- Literary. a ship.
prow
2[ prou ]
adjective
, Archaic.
prow
/ praʊ /
noun
- the bow of a vessel
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Other Words From
- prowed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prow1
1545–55; < Middle French proue < Upper Italian ( Genoese ) prua < Latin prōra < Greek prôira
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prow1
C16: from Old French proue, from Latin prora, from Greek prōra; related to Latin pro in front
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Example Sentences
"It's not heavy and resembles the prow of a ship," Zanotti told The Daily Beast in an email.
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Bent on revenge, he turned his boat's prow and swiftly sped towards the craft of the assassin.
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There was a candle lit & was incense carried forward & thereafter was ye Holy Rood set at the prow.
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The Kings war-host towards land doth lean with its prow beams.
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He will be interested, too, in the long war canoe with its carved prow, one of the few now remaining in New Zealand.
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Iprúwa pagbutang ang mga karga, Put the cargoes at the prow.
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